HTTP Authentication take so long, why??

Hi! I am wondering why is the HTTP Authentication is taking so long to pop-up once the link/button is clicked. Like 2 minutes.... I'm using Apache and there is no PHP being used for HTTP Authentication stuffs as I thought it did. I thought one of you might know of this because of previous experience. The database is not hte issue here, the firewall is not the issue here and the webserver is at offsite. I think it is something with Apache or the SSL part.. This webpage is on the SSL part... --snip-- <a href='db2admin/main_menu.php'>Admin Login</a> --snip-- The httpd.conf in Apache is ... --snip-- <Directory "/home/website/*****/secure/db2admin"> Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI DirectoryIndex main_menu.php AllowOverride All Order deny,allow AuthName "-= DB2 Database Administration Realm =-" AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache/conf/db2_access require valid-user AuthGroupFile /dev/null </Directory> --snip-- Thanks, FletchSOD